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Feb 11, 2011
02/11
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George L Smyth
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Patrick Millard Generative Behaviors Alternating Frequencies Aural Distance Generative Behaviors Slipping Away Sounds Of Ambience
Topic: Sounds Of Ambience
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Sep 5, 2019
09/19
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George L Smyth
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This piece was written in response to Naviarhaiku296 – evening haze evening haze: when memories come, how distant are the by gone days The haiku was by Takai Kito, a disciple of Yosa Buson. Despite becoming a professional haikai master in 1771, Kito remained one of Buson’s most trusted disciples until the death of the great master, and was the de facto coordinator of Buson’s haikai group. Imagine taking that last sip of coffee on Mount Mitchell as the sun slowly hides...
Topics: Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn, Trombone, Cymbals, Gong, Crotales, Vibraphone, Violin, Viola,...
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Sep 11, 2020
09/20
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George L Smyth
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Come To Me was inspired by the poem by yaskhan of the same name - yassy66.wordpress.com/2020/08/22/come-to-me/ It is dedicated to my dear wife, Kathy, who is one of the few capable of putting up with me over a long period of time. Come To Me Come to me in the wild blue yonder Come to me in the azure twilight Come to me when the stars are bright Come to me with passions thunder. Come to me on wings of cupid's dove Come to me under a teal canopy Come to me in a symphonic fantasy Come to me with...
Topics: Flute, Clarinet, Horn, Trombone, Violin, Viola, Cello String Bass, Racket In My Head, yaskhan, yassy
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106
Jan 12, 2020
01/20
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George L Smyth
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This piece was written in response to Naviarhaiku314 – Buoyantly We Go Buoyantly we go Like the wind, Tasting water. This haiku is by Taneda Santoka, a Japanese poet and mendicant Zen priest who specialised in free verse haiku. Santoka was a disciple of Ogiwara Seisensui (1884-1976), the founder of the free-style haiku which discarded the traditional use of the 5-7-5 structure. Buoyantly We Go was written for Flute, Clarinet, Horn, Trombone, Violin, Viola, Cello and String Bass.
Topics: Flute, Clarinet, Horn, Trombone, Violin, Viola, Cello, String Bass, Naviarhaiku314, Racket In My...
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172
Dec 5, 2019
12/19
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George L Smyth
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This piece was written in response to Naviarhaiku309 – bitter winter wind . bitter winter wind ends there — sound of the sea The haiku is by Ikenishi Gonsui (1650–1722), a haiku poet from Nara who settled permanently in Kyoto in 1684. A collection of his works, entitled Ikenishi Gonsui no kenkyū, was published in 2003. Bitter Winter Wind was written for Altos, Tenors, Basses, Organ, Viola, Cello and String Bass.
Topics: Alto, Tenor, Bass, Organ, Viola, Cello, String Bass, Viola, Cello, String Bass, Naviarhaiku309,...
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Oct 25, 2017
10/17
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George L Smyth
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Our lives are surrounded by memories and anticipation. This is why we love Fridays and refer to it as TGIF. The same can be said for me with Sundays, where the anticipation is always that tomorrow has always been either a school or work day. Week's End deals with Sunday, the last day of the week. It is a day most of us do not work or deal with school, and while it is enjoyable, there is always that anticipation of the dreaded Monday. This piece was written for String Orchestra, Clarinet,...
Topics: Violin, Viola, Cello, String Bass, Clarinet, Flute, Vibraphone, Racket In My Head
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218
Nov 15, 2019
11/19
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George L Smyth
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A Gift was written in response to Disquiet Junto Project 0402: Music for Tasks Step 1: Think of someone you’d like to give a gift of music. Step 2: Record a piece of music for the person you thought of in Step 1. You don’t need to identify the person when posting the music. A Gift is written for my parents. In 1971 the writing of my music progressed (or some might say "regressed") from writing songs on the guitar to writing serial music. I remember sitting at the piano...
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Topics: Flute, Alto Flute, disquiet0411, Racket In My Head
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229
May 2, 2020
05/20
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George L Smyth
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This haiku is by Mats Unden, a Swedish visual artist, sound artist, musician, and experimental composer, based in Darwin, Australia. Being a visual artist and a printmaker as well, some works end up in performances, videos and installations.
Topics: Racket In My Head, Electronics
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294
May 26, 2020
05/20
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George L Smyth
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This piece was written in response to Naviarhaiku333 – A wild sea- A wild sea- In the distance over Sado The Milky Way. This haiku is by Matsuo Bashō. During the journey that would result in his masterpiece, The Narrow Road to the Deep North, Basho stopped at Izumo Point on the Japan Sea and gazed out to Sado Island which, at that time, was infamous as a place of exile. A Wild Sea was written for Alto Flute, Bass Clarinet, trombone, Bass Trombone, Gong, Cymbals, Violin, Viola,...
Topics: Alto Flute, Bass Clarinet, trombone, Bass Trombone, Gong, Cymbals, Violin, Viola, Cello, String...
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122
Dec 28, 2017
12/17
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George L Smyth
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This piece was written in response to Naviarhaiku 208 – Considering the years gone by . Considering the years gone by To be a giant I walk away This is a haiku by Takahama Kyoshi. At this point in my life I can say that I knew the years would go fast, and they went faster than I thought. It was written for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Horn, Bassoon and Violin.
Topics: Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Horn, Bassoon, Violin, naviarhaiku208, Racket In My Head
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Jul 11, 2019
07/19
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George L Smyth
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This piece was written in response to Naviarhaiku288 – A clear waterfall a clear waterfall into the ripples fall green pine needles Among the four great masters of Japanese haiku, Issa was the most prolific: during his lifetime he wrote over 20,000 haiku, hundreds of tanka, and several haibun. I remember watching the Steve Allen show when I was a kid. Someone would suggest a few notes to him and he would improvise a piece based on those notes. So I decided to do the same. ...
Topics: Flute, Clarinet, Horn, Trombone, Violin, Viola, Cello, String Bass, naviarhaiku288, Racket In My...
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216
Aug 21, 2020
08/20
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George L Smyth
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All Creatures Have A Name was written in response to Disquiet Junto Project 0451: Ursula’s Silences Step 1: In the classic fantasy novel A Wizard of Earthsea, its author, Ursula K. Le Guin, writes the following: “For a word to be spoken, there must be silence. Before, and after.” While the words are her own, of course, they are spoken not by the narrator, but by the book’s main character. The statement occurs toward the end of the book. For emphasis, Le Guin informs the reader...
Topics: Violin, Viola, Cello, disquiet0451, Racket In My Head
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121
Jun 1, 2018
06/18
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George L Smyth
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This piece was written in response to Naviarhaiku 230 – To the end of the field. To the end of the field All alone I go Autumn sky This is a haiku by Natsume Sōseki, Japanese novelist, scholar of British literature and composer of haiku. This haiku reminded me of the many hikes I took into the wilderness. Sometimes I would be in the forest for a couple of days before reaching a clearing, which opened to a new world. This piece is my feeling of walking through the field to...
Topics: Flute, Clarinet, Horn, Trombone, Violin, Viola, naviarhaiku230, Racket In My Head, Cello
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94
May 24, 2018
05/18
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George L Smyth
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This piece was written in response to Naviarhaiku 229 – finally a clear sky . finally a clear sky yet no moon... summer mountain This is a haiku by one of the greatest haiku poets, Kobayashi Issa, who was extremely prolific. He is better known as simply Issa, a pen name meaning Cup-of-tea. After five days of rain, two of sun, then back to rain, this haiku worked itself nicely into my office, as I wished for a hastening of the sun's inevitable return. Finally, A Clear Sky is...
Topics: Flute, Clarinet, Trombone, Bass Trombone, Violin, Viola, Cello and String Bass, naviarhaiku229,...
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246
May 8, 2020
05/20
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George L Smyth
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This piece was written in response to Naviarhaiku331 – Peaks of cloud Peaks of cloud: The ship has crossed A windless sea. This haiku is by Natsume Soseki, whose literary career started in 1903 with a series of haiku and renga published on various literary magazines. Peaks of Cloud was written for Vibraphone, bowed Vibraphone, Violin, Viola, Cello and String Bass.
Topics: Vibraphone, bowed Vibraphone, Violin, Viola, Cello, String Bass, Naviarhaiku331, Racket In My Head
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136
Dec 13, 2019
12/19
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George L Smyth
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This piece was written in response to Naviarhaiku310 – One push of the door, a single step One push of the door, a single step And the corridor seems to stretch As far as the eye can see. The haiku is by Takuboku Ishikawa, best remembered for his emphatic and introspective tanka: his poems were accepted by the one of the most important tanka journals of the early 20th century, “Myojo”, when he was only 16. Takuboku Ishikawa’s two major collections of tanka,...
Topics: Flute, Clarinet, Vibraphone, Naviarhaiku310, Racket In My Head
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433
Feb 15, 2011
02/11
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George L Smyth
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Paul Adams Flute Meditations For Dreaming Clouds As The Sun Rises A Shaman's Dream The Far Sky Water Prayer The Moon And Stars Night Tony King Wine Music Journey To The Barrel Glass Lake Toast To Old Friends The Tasting The Downpour Sounds Of Ambience
Topic: Sounds Of Ambience
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Feb 14, 2011
02/11
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George L Smyth
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Float The Healer Timeless Hour Levitation Channeling Thoughts Remember The Future Ghost City Life Without Dreams Night Flight Magnhild Shadows Of Buildings Sunset A Calm Day White Light Sounds Of Ambience
Topic: Sounds Of Ambience
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195
Feb 13, 2011
02/11
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George L Smyth
audio
eye 195
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Chaz Knapp Vie comme un Parasite Faisant la Fete Le Chien Mort Mort d'une Veuve Solitare Le fait de Couler du Navire Les Navires Perdus dans l'Obscurite Celebration a une Nouvelle Vie Question d'un Vide Exuviae Intrinsic Luminance Reverie Almost Multitudes of Solitude Sounds Of Ambience
Topic: Sounds Of Ambience
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115
Feb 7, 2011
02/11
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George L Smyth
audio
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Melorman You Are The Path A Day In The Night Antonio Baena The Rain Flowers Under The Rain A Path Under The Rain A Tree Under The Rain A River Under The Rain
Topic: Sounds Of Ambience
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106
Dec 22, 2017
12/17
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George L Smyth
audio
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This piece was written in response to Disquiet Junto Project 0312: Amplify/Magnify The idea of this piece was to select a sound or piece of music and amplify, magnify, and contrast the two ideas. I swapped the first two movements of this short piece. Looking at the Merriam-Webster dictionary I used the two following definitions: magnify 1 a : extol, laud b : to cause to be held in greater esteem or respect amplify 1 : to expand (something, such as a statement) by the use of...
Topics: String Orchestra, Violin, Viola, Cello, String Bass, disquiet0312, Racket In My Head
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120
Sep 24, 2018
09/18
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George L Smyth
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About a year ago I was approached by a singer who wanted to collaborate with me. I wrote a piece for her but was never able to get her to sing it - I am guessing that she did not like what I had written and did not want to tell me (it's okay, I'm a big boy). The piece is still sitting around and I am hoping to someday find someone who will be willing to give it a go. I had reached out to a friend for a poem to use for the words and he directed me to a friend of his, Carol Burbank , who...
Topics: Flute, Clarinet, Horn, Trombone, Vibraphone, Violin, Viola, Cello, String Bass, Racket In My Head
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May 14, 2018
05/18
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George L Smyth
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Lucky Rounds was written in response to Disquiet Junto Project 0332: Lucky Numbers . Step 1: Think about how a string of numbers might inform — might seed — a short musical composition. Step 2: Locate the lottery numbers near your — or, if you live somewhere that doesn’t have a lottery, find someplace that does. Step 3: Having located a set of lottery numbers, then compose and record a short composition that is somehow based on them. Looking at winning lottery numbers in...
Topics: Flute, Clarinet, Violin, Viola, Cello, String Bass, disquiet0332, Racket In My Head
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129
May 13, 2018
05/18
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George L Smyth
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This piece was written in response to Naviarhaiku 227 – Morning coolness. Morning coolness: dewdrops swaying in the spiderweb This is a haiku by Betty Drevniok , one of the founders of the Haiku Society of Canada . The Betty Drevniok Award is an annual competition organized by Haiku Canada . After a long winter I love the warm, but do not at all mind the coolness of the morning. This piece depicts this stillness, when I am less interested in hurrying and more inclined to just...
Topics: Flute, Clarinet, Horn, Trombone, Vibraphone, Glockenspiel, Violin, Viola, Cello, String Bass,...
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Jun 1, 2018
06/18
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George L Smyth
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Hold Music was written in response to Disquiet Junto Project 0335: Alone Time . Step 1: Hold music is a ubiquitous fact of modern life. Ask yourself what hold music you’d like to hear while waiting for someone to pick up the other end of the line, or while waiting for a conference call to begin. Step 2: Record a short piece of hold music that satisfies the scenario you pondered in Step 1. Your finished track should be suitable for looping, since you never know how long you’re going...
Topics: Violin, disquiet0335, Racket In My Head
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93
Jan 14, 2019
01/19
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George L Smyth
audio
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This piece was written in response to Naviarhaiku262 – the reef’s silence . . . the reef’s silence . . . sea fans brighten, darken with the current This is a haiku by Bruce Ross: poet, editor, professor and past president of the Haiku Society of America. The Reef’s Silence was written for Piccolo, Flute, Horn, Trumpet, Trombone, Vibraphone and Cello.
Topics: Piccolo, Flute, Horn, Trumpet, Trombone, Vibraphone, Cello, naviarhaiku262, Racket In My Head
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181
Jun 22, 2019
06/19
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George L Smyth
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This piece was written in response to Naviarhaiku285 – I’m on the shore of a river I’m on the shore of a river on some rocky path, on a hillside my way home This is a haiku by Jamie Lickfold aka Sevenism. He generated some haiku using Talk to Transformer, a neural network capable of completing texts. The results were fascinating so I chose one of those poems for this week’s challenge. Sevenism is one of the earliest participants in the Haiku challenge, as well as the first...
Topics: Flute, Clarinet, Vibraphone, Violin, Viola, Cello, String Bass, naviarhaiku285, Racket In My Head
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86
Nov 19, 2017
11/17
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George L Smyth
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This piece was written in response to Naviarhaiku 202. wind blows its way to sea. deep in night. alone This is a haiku by Taneda Santōka. I imagined entering a vision of the vastness of the ocean, where the wind moves along gently, aimlessly, touching the waves. It was written for string quartet.
Topics: Violin, Viola, Cello, naviarhaiku202, Racket In My Head
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Jun 2, 2019
06/19
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George L Smyth
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This piece was written in response to Naviarhaiku282 – the sky I see the sky I see seems full of magnolia blossoms This is a haiku by Natsume Soseki. His investigation of a rapidly westernizing Japanese society and its sense of alienation has kept him famous into the 21st century: to this day, he’s considered one of the greatest Japanese writers of all time. Soseki wrote novels (most famously Kokoro in 1914), haiku and children’s fairy tales. The Sky I See was written for three...
Topics: Flute, Alto Flute, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, naviarhaiku282, Racket In My Head
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135
Oct 30, 2018
10/18
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George L Smyth
audio
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A little over five months ago I started working on this piece. The idea was simple, start with something dark and end with something light. However, the more I worked on the opening, the more it reminded me of the state of things in our country and unlike when there was this much division fifty years ago, at least back then there was an ending point, something I do not see so easily now. So the project became larger in scope and meaning, and more difficult to find a way to move from the...
Topics: Flute, Alto Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Bassoon, Contrabassoon, Trombone, Bass Trombone,...
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Apr 27, 2018
04/18
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George L Smyth
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This was written in response to Disquiet Junto Project 0330: Wax Off . A little over a year ago I offered Looking For Planes – Looking, the first of a three part piece for two pianos that dealt with my granddaughter looking for airplanes flying overhead. I completed the other two parts and made them available. Step 1: Make a piece of music by erasing aspects of a pre-existing track. You’ll be taking an earlier audio track of your own and reworking it. Step 2: The theme of this...
Topics: Piano, disquiet0330, Racket In My Head
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193
Apr 22, 2019
04/19
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George L Smyth
audio
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This piece was written in response to Naviarhaiku276 – Rain-Soaked Wind rain-soaked wind the weather-worn notice peels back more This is a haiku by Alan Summers, an award-winning poet and President of the United Haiku and Tanka Society. This haiku was selected for a street installation currently on display in Washington DC, created on the occasion of the 6th annual Golden Haiku Competition. Rain-Soaked Wind was written for Flute, Clarinet, Horn, Violin, and Cello.
Topics: Flute, Clarinet, Horn, Violin, Cello, naviarhaiku276, Racket In My Head
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213
Feb 16, 2011
02/11
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George L Smyth
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Dave Hoffman Calmness of Spirit Pastures a Plenty Evening Meditation The Purity of Rain The Winston Giles Orchestra Soundtracks for Sunrise All Come Together Mercy For The Wicked Revenge A Little Song Welcome The The Hotel We Wait For Sunrise Sounds Of Ambience
Topic: Sounds Of Ambience
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Feb 18, 2011
02/11
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George L Smyth
audio
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Shane Morris Magnetosphere Solar Winds The Internal Field Sounds Of Ambience
Topic: Sounds Of Ambience
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1.2K
Feb 14, 2011
02/11
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George L Smyth
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John Holowach Piano Works My Piano Wakes My Piano Sings My Piano Sings (Part 2) My Piano Sings (Part 3) My Piano Sings (Part 5) My Piano Sings (Part 7) Acid Piano Death of the Little Soldier (a.k.a., My Piano Weeps) Ludovico Einaudi Nightbook Lady Labyrinth Indaco Nightbook Reverie The Planets Sounds Of Ambience
Topic: Sounds Of Ambience
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Feb 19, 2011
02/11
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George L Smyth
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Tribe Of Astronauts Reflections In Silver Reflections In Silver Jack Hertz Streaming Landscape Streaming Landscape Sounds Of Ambience
Topic: Sounds Of Ambience
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Nov 4, 2017
11/17
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George L Smyth
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This piece was written in response to Naviarhaiku 200 . We’ve explored miles / Drive until the light gives out / Drive the day away For me driving starts out as a joy, though a somewhat necessary one, which hobbles it. Nonetheless, the beginning is great but soon turns into a burden. It was written for String Orchestra, Timpani, Trombone, Vibraphone and Xylophone.
Topics: Violin, Viola, Cello, String Bass, Timpani, Trombone, Vibraphone, naviarhaiku200, Racket In My...
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93
Dec 10, 2018
12/18
by
George L Smyth
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A Sewing-Machine And An Umbrella was written in response to Disquiet Junto Project 0362: Operational Surrealism . Just one step this week: Make something as “beautiful as the chance meeting on a dissecting-table of a sewing-machine and an umbrella.” The idea here was to work with two dissimilar items, in this case a twelve-tone row and a tonal center. The more I worked on this the more I was able to find, and with hours to go before the deadline for completing the piece, I am...
Topics: Flute, Clarinet, Trombone, Violin, Viola, Cello, disquiet0362, Racket In My Head
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84
Dec 13, 2018
12/18
by
George L Smyth
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This piece was written in response to Naviarhaiku258 – high-resolution snowflake . high-resolution snowflake a cobweb covered in frost This is a haiku by Iliyana Stoyanova, a freelance translator and one of the co-authors of a collection of haiku poems, Matchbox Boats, published in 2014. A Snowflake, A Cobweb was written for Flute, Alto Flute, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, and Vibraphone.
Topics: Flute, Alto Flute, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Vibraphone, naviarhaiku258, Racket In My Head
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111
Oct 26, 2018
10/18
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George L Smyth
audio
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Ground Swell was written in response to Disquiet Junto Project 0356: Ground Swell . Step 1: The goal is to create a piece of music that uses layers to create a sense of unease, eeriness, or disquiet. Step 2: Think of a place that summons up the sensations described in Step 1. Step 3: Derive sounds from the place that came to mind in Step 2. If you have access to the place, consider strategies to accomplish this (from field recordings, graphic notations, etc.). If you do not have...
Topics: Alto Flute, Bass Clarinet, Trombone, Bass Trombone, Violin, Viola, Cello, and String Bass,...
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85
Apr 5, 2018
04/18
by
George L Smyth
audio
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This piece was written in response to Naviarhaiku 222 – Ghostly melody . Ghostly melody follows me into my day fragment of a dream This is a haiku by Jason Richardson , musician and poet. The idea was to establish a simple melody, build an accompaniment, and then loop the various part of the accompaniment out of sync so that the measures never repeat as they originally had, like a dream that fades away like water through the fingers. Fragment Of A Dream is written for three...
Topics: Flute, Clarinet, Vibraphone, Violin, Viola, Cello, naviarhaiku222, Racket In My Head
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Dec 8, 2017
12/17
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George L Smyth
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Leaves In The Street, 1957 was written in response to Disquiet Junto Project 0310: From Memory . When I was much younger I would watch my father rake our leaves out to the street. As he collected the leaves in the back yard I would play in the pile, stomping them down and kicking them. When all of the leaves had been collected they would be set on fire. This is not something we do these days, but that was how we used to get rid of the leaves. As the fire moved through the leaf pile they...
Topics: Anvil, Castanets, Roto-toms, Tambourine, Temple Blocks, Triangle, Whip, Crotales, Violin,...
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Dec 19, 2016
12/16
by
George L Smyth
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This piece was written for Disquiet Junto Project 0250: Soothing Sounds – Make some peaceful music for an infant child. One of the coolest things about being retired is that I get a chance to sit with my 16 month old granddaughter a couple of days a week. When I put her down for a nap I sing _Misty_ to her (during the first verse she holds up her hand, I think because she recognizes the words “I get misty, just holding your hand.” Watching her on the monitor when she wakes up I see...
Topics: Chorus, Racket In My Head
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Feb 24, 2022
02/22
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George L Smyth
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The Whirling Dervish is a form of physically active meditation which originated among certain Sufi groups, and which is still practiced by the Sufi Dervishes of the Mevlevi order and others. The Whirling Way is an interpretation where the music's repetitive nature allows for the inclusion of elements that do not exist within the score of the piece, but within the mind of the listener. The Whirling Way was written for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Gong, Temple Blocks, Choir, Violin, Viola,...
Topics: Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Gong, Temple Blocks, Choir, Violin, Viola, Cello, String Bass,...
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202
Mar 29, 2020
03/20
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George L Smyth
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This piece was written in response to Naviarhaiku325 – true tranquillity true tranquillity hiding underneath creased sheets – unknowable blue This haiku is by Mark Morris, a journalist with more than a decade of experience writing for major broadcasters and national publications in the UK. He runs the Twitter account Pure Land Haiku, which has a simple goal best explained in the form of its strap-line: haiku to help you relax. In addition to above, Mark also produces music under...
Topics: Bassoon, Horn, Trombone, Violin, Viola, Cello, String Bass, Naviarhaiku325, Racket In My Head
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Jan 7, 2017
01/17
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George L Smyth
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It feels like the longest month of the year, as things freeze up and the winds serve only to extend the misery. This piece began life with the recording of ice swirling within a glass. Five seconds of the recording was Paulstretched to almost three minutes, with compression applied, the pitch changes, and reverb added. Finally, silence was inserted in places and the volume was adjusted in places. The electronics were then augmented with percussion, namely cymbals, snare drum, triangle,...
Topics: disquiet0262, cymbals, snare drum, triangle, tubular bells, vibraphone, harp, electronics, Racket...
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Sep 25, 2020
09/20
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George L Smyth
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A Book Of Disquiet was written in response to Marco Lucchi's piano patterns no 1 Let us absurdify life from east to west. - Fernando Pessoa from The Book Of Disquiet Marco Lucchi offered a set of piano patterns and allowed anyone to remix the piece. I saw these patterns as being organized into seven sections and decided to address each one individually, so these have been used, abused, stretched, repeated, and otherwise altered. I extracted meaning from each and offer...
Topics: Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn, Trumpet, Trombone, Gong, Temple Blocks, Cymbals, Violin,...
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Oct 5, 2019
10/19
by
George L Smyth
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This piece was written in response to Naviarhaiku300 – four, five, nine years four, five, nine years always the first to bloom… cherry tree The haiku was by Kobayashi Issa: his poems were often lively and humorous, despite his life was marked by sorrow.
Topics: Oboe, Clarinet, Vibraphone, Violin, Viola, Cello and String Bass, naviarhaiku300, Racket In My Head
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Feb 19, 2011
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George L Smyth
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Tony Gerber Colour My Dream Colour My Dream Dream_Blue Dream_Aquamarine Dream_Ochre Dream_Gold Road To My Dream Dream_Leaf Green Sounds Of Ambience
Topic: Sounds Of Ambience
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Feb 8, 2020
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This piece was written in response to Naviarhaiku318 – in the beach breeze in the beach breeze my travels forgotten… evening cool This haiku is by Kobayashi Issa, who wrote over twenty thousand poems written in his lifetime In The Beach Breeze was written for Bass Drum, Cymbals, Temple Blocks, Crotales, Tubular Bells, Xylophone, Marimba, Vibraphone, Harp and Celesta.
Topics: Bass Drum, Cymbals, Temple Blocks, Crotales, Tubular Bells, Xylophone, Marimba, Vibraphone, Harp,...
